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South Korean officials remove 80 tonnes of hoarded garbage from family home
South China Morning Post
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July 4, 2025
City officials in Daegu, South Korea, have removed 80 metric tonnes (88 US tons) of garbage from the home of a family of hoarders, after the residents of the household were sent to local medical facilities for psychological treatment. The massive...
Why South Korea is dealing with swarms of flying ‘lovebugs’ this summer
The Indian Express
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July 4, 2025
South Korea is dealing with a fresh outbreak of lovebugs, pesky flying insects that have appeared in large numbers in and around Seoul and Incheon amid rising temperatures. Videos on social media this week showed hikers at Mount Gyeyang struggling...
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “One life is more precious than the whole world”. The Korean work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for women in need
Fides
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July 3, 2025
by Pascale Rizk Chuncheon (Agenzia Fides) - For more than 50 years, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd in Chuncheon, Seoul, and Jeju, South Korea, have prayed and worked for women and girls in difficulty: single mothers, immigrants,...
What is causing South Korea’s ‘lovebug’ crisis?
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Adolescent and Current Exercise Habits in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Associations with Body Composition, Physical Activity, and Pulmonary Function
Dove Medical Press
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July 4, 2025
Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health concern, as it remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide.1 Patients with COPD often experience reduced musculoskeletal mass due to chronic inflammation,...
New Chicago abortion clinic 'excited' to offer abortions in 3rd trimester
The Post Millenial
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July 4, 2025
The third trimester begins around week 28 of pregnancy, and 90 percent of babies born after this milestone typically survive outside of the womb, according to an NIH study. An abortion clinic in Chicago has started offering controversial...
What is happening in South Korea? Seoul has caught the lovebug that nobody wants
Yahoo News
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South Korea has recently been hit by another surge of lovebugs. But romance is certainly not in the air for residents of Seoul and neighboring Incheon city, who have been plagued by these pesky insects in recent weeks, as rising temperatures due...
‘No Senior Zones’ Spark Public Backlash in Aging South Korea
The Korea Bizwire
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July 4, 2025
From Cafes to Clubs, Older Koreans Confront Subtle Bans and Bias (Image supported by ChatGPT) SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea entering a super-aged society, public debate is intensifying over the rise of so-called “No Senior...
South Korea’s Sovereign AI Gambit: A High-Stakes Experiment in Autonomy
The Diplomat
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July 3, 2025
South Korea’s new Lee Jae-myung administration made establishing the country as a global AI leader one of its top priorities and took immediate action upon assuming office in June. Lee appointed Ha Jung-woo, the former AI chief of Korean tech...
Digital Health Revolution: How SCAN AI Is Transforming Wellness Globally
Daily Independent
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July 4, 2025
2 … Next-Gen Fusion Of Blockchain, AI, Personalised Health Is Here In a powerful blend of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, a revolutionary new platform is taking aim at one of humanity’s biggest challenges: personal health and...
Why South Korea Needs a Trade Deal With the United States
The Diplomat
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July 3, 2025
With the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) in place, there are virtually no tariffs on trade between the two countries – and there should be no need for a new trade deal. The Trump administration, however, believes that U.S. trade...
Lovebugs vex people in South Korea, covering hiking trails and footpaths
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The dark, winged insects are usually about 1.3cm long. There were many of them, but Kim shrugged them off, thinking he would see fewer on the mountaintop. At the summit, dead lovebugs were piled up in mounds up to 10cm tall, he said. Adult...
Park, Park, wherever he may be, in the Nexon Icons Match with a healthy knee
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 17:39 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI FC Spear's Park Ji-sung passes the ball during the Nexon Icons Match against Shield United at Seoul World Cup Stadium in western Seoul on Oct. 20, 2024. [NEWS1] Korean...
North Korea holds dog meat cooking contest, touts it as summer health food
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 14:22 This image, captured from Korean Central Television on July 4, shows a ″sweet meat″ cooking competition held in Pyongyang. [YONHAP] North Korea hosted a dog meat cooking contest in Pyongyang to elevate culinary...
Asia-Pacific Weight Loss Market Size, Growth Trends And Forecast Report 2025-2033 Rising Obesity And Health Awareness Fuel Growth Of Fitness And Supplements In China, India, Japan, And Australia
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The Asia-Pacific Weight Loss Market is projected to double in value from USD 101.9 billion in 2024 to USD 210.94 billion by 2033, driven by increasing obesity rates, fitness awareness, and the popularity of dietary...
Seoul shares sharply down late Fri. morning on profit-taking
Yonhap News Agency
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July 4, 2025
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded markedly lower late Friday morning, as investors moved to lock in profits from recent gains while watching developments in tariff talks with the United States. The benchmark Korea Composite...
From ‘Our Unwritten Seoul’ to ‘Daily Dose of Sunshine’: 5 recent Park Bo-young titles you need to binge-watch
Tatler Asia
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In the Netflix healing K-drama, Park Bo-young plays Jung Da-eun, a nurse who requests to be transferred from the internal medicine department to the psychiatry department. The move exposes Da-eun to the different patients in the ward and a range...
South Korea faces 85 percent population decline by next 100 years
Weekly Blitz
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July 3, 2025
South Korea, long celebrated for its rapid economic growth, cutting-edge technology, and cultural global influence, is now confronting a silent yet monumental crisis: a population crash of unprecedented scale. A newly released study by the Korean...
SNUBH infectious disease expert wins 2 editorial awards from Springer Nature
Korea Biomedical Review
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July 4, 2025
Professor Song Kyoung-ho of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has received dual recognition at the 2025 Editor of Distinction Awards, a prestigious editorial honors program hosted by global...
Nxera Pharma To Receive US$4.8 Million In Milestone Payments Following Centessa's Initiation Of Clinical Development Of ORX142, A Novel Orexin Receptor 2 (OX2R) Agonist
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 4 July 2025 – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or“the Company”; TSE 4565) today announces that it will receive US$4.8 million in milestone payments from Centessa Pharmaceuticals...